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The National School Lunch Program is a national program but in California, the CDE also known as the California Department of Education is the one in charge of the lunch programs existing in schools. [2] Not only does this program help schools with healthy meals but it also helps child care programs and any community program that will help ...
With federal support uncertain and eventually ending, some states began using their own funds for an extension of pandemic-era free universal school lunches. In 2021, California became the first state to have a universal school meal program for the state's public school students, followed shortly by Maine, in time for the 2021-2022 school year ...
When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income. The ...
When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to... View Article The post California launches largest free school lunch ...
In 2022, around 2.2 billion breakfasts were served, and the vast majority (97%) were for students on free and reduced-price meal plans. Children are eligible for school breakfasts and lunches if ...
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
After the expiration of a federal program that provided funding for free meals for all students, nine states are picking up the tab for pupils’ breakfast and lunch.
A school may receive a higher reimbursement rate for serving free or reduced-price meals to more than 40% of their students in the previous year. The higher rates can be as much as $0.30 more than standard rates. Schools in Hawaii and Alaska receive higher reimbursement rates than the schools in the contiguous United States.